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No |
Instruments |
Capability |
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1 |
Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), Perkin Elmer |
Determination of the concentration of elements especially metal elements in products inclusive of contamination studies.
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2 |
Double beam UV-Vis Spectrometer |
Quantitative & qualitative analysis of material
Determination of transition metal ions and organic compounds.
Used widely in biochemical analysis, pharmaceutical analysis, environmental protection, food industry, metallurgy, commodity inspection and agricultural chemistry.
Determination of contamination.
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3 |
Fluorescence Spectrometer |
Crack tracing, security inks, coding phosphors, brightening/whitening reagents, UV stabilizers and other additives.
Pesticide detection, ground water tracing, oil contamination of water, exhaust gas composition, water purity, uranium and luminum, and biomass
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4 |
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
Evaluation of the degradation of materials
Evaluation of the interaction between base material and additives
Sample purity determination
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5 |
X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) |
Determination of crystalline and amorphous regions in polymers
Study on the residual stress in plastic material due to processing methods – failure analysis
Determination of effectiveness of dispersion of fillers in polymers
Determination of the quantity and mineralogy of rock samples
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6 |
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) |
Use for microstructure studies of materials
Use for studies on polymeric material: failure behavior due to filler- plastic interaction and etc.
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7 |
Magnetic Susceptibility measurement (Evans Balance /NMR) |
Measurement on the behavior of materials and compounds under magnetic fields |
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8 |
Refractometer |
Measurement of the refractive index of liquid and solid samples to evaluate transparency
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9 |
Viscometer bath |
Studies on kinematics viscosity |
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10 |
Gas Chromatography (FID & MS) |
Testing the purity of substance
Quality assurance control in chemical industry
Used to measure toxicity in soil, air and water.
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11 |
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) |
Used for testing the purity of particular substance
For product quality assurance in the chemical industry
Used to Measure toxic substances in soil, air and water.
Determination of polymer molecular weight.
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12 |
NMR Spectrometer (400MHz) Structure elucidation |
Determination of chemical composition.
Formulations investigation
Raw materials fingerprinting
Mixture analysis
Sample purity determination
Quality assurance and control
Quantitative analysis
Compound identification and confirmation
Analysis of inter- and intramolecular exchange processes
Molecular characterization
Reaction kinetics examination
Reaction mechanism investigation
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13 |
Gas Absorption techniques ( Nitrogen physisorption ) |
Determination of surface area. |
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14 |
Particle size analyzer |
Analyze particle size distribution of solid (fillers) |